republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-1167.md

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Bill	Atlanta, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide new homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Atlanta ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $30,000.00 for each resident of the City of Atlanta who holds real property subject to a written lease having an initial term of not less than 99 years with a landlord that is an entity exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code and who owns all improvements located on the real property; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 1167	Georgia HB 1167 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Bee Nguyen David Dreyer Kim Schofield Mable Thomas Park Cannon Pat Gardner	3	15	1	2020-03-12	2020-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/d5d67874-b03d-4a98-85dc-8c6748a94eed	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	8ddf8a14146489763b75a93e7a4c1866ef588c717473ddf09791316718e9868a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1167 (2019_20) — Atlanta, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide new homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Atlanta ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $30,000.00 for each resident of the City of Atlanta who holds real property subject to a written lease having an initial term of not less than 99 years with a landlord that is an entity exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code and who owns all improvements located on the real property; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. HB 1167/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 0502/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Remove from Local Calendar — 94–64 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bee Nguyen — primary (person)
• David Dreyer — primary (person)
• Kim Schofield — primary (person)
• Mable Thomas — primary (person)
• Park Cannon — primary (person)
• Pat Gardner — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-03-12 House Hopper
• 2020-03-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-06-15 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-06-19 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-19 House Tabled
• 2020-06-22 House Taken from Table
• 2020-06-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-23 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-06-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-25 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-30 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-06-30 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-30 Act 426 executive-signature
• 2020-06-30 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d5d67874-b03d-4a98-85dc-8c6748a94eed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).